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MAY 16, 2008

The 2008 Summer Season Has Begun!

Join us for a summer under the stars at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts! Tickets are on sale now.
See the complete schedule of performances and events.


2008 Summer ArtistsMay

21 & 22

The Lord of the Rings symphony & film

23 & 24

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

28

Ben Folds

29-6/1

Riverdance

June

6 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Special Guest: Poco
moe. Special Guest: Rusted Root
8 Louisiana Swamp Romp
11 Trisha Yearwood
12 Kenny G
13 Anita Baker
14 Gordon Lightfoot
15 Boz Scaggs

17

Pilobolus
18 James Taylor
19 - The Beatles ExperienceRAIN

20

New York Gilbert & Sullivan PlayersH.M.S. Pinafore -

21

New York Gilbert & Sullivan PlayersThe Gondoliers -
22 Emmylou Harris
24 George Benson
25 Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby

26

The Temptations & The Four Tops

  27-29

Rent



July

1

Sergio Mendes Special Guest: Zap Mama

2

Lyle Lovett in Concert

5

Donna Summer

6

NSO @ Wolf Trap with the Wolf Trap Opera Company - Candide in concert

7

Ani DiFranco

8

Paul Taylor Dance Company

9

Chicago

10

- Tcheers for Tchaikovsky!NSO @ Wolf Trap

11

 - An Evening with Kiri Te KanawaNSO @ Wolf Trap

12

with Marvin HamlischThis Way to BroadwayNSO @ Wolf Trap -

    13

Hootie & The Blowfish

15

Al Green Special Guest: Amos Lee

  16

Earth, Wind & Fire

17

Indigo Girls Special Guest: Brandi Carlilie

18

Pat McGee Band Special Guest: Sister Hazel

19

Gladys Knight

22

Mark Knopfler

23

Lalah Hathaway

        24

 - Not the Messiah! (He's a Very Naughty Boy)NSO @ Wolf Trap 
Starring Eric Idle

25

 - Wolf Trap is for LoversNSO @ Wolf Trap

26

 - Broadway ROCKS!NSO @ Wolf Trap

27

Roots, Rock, Reggae Festival 2008Bob Marley

28

Crosby, Stills & Nash

29

Noche Flamenca

30

Hippiefest

31

Beethoven's BestNSO @ Wolf Trap -


August

1

 - Rodgers & Hammerstein at the MoviesNSO @ Wolf Trap 

2

 - Dial “H” for Hitchcock NSO @ Wolf Trap

3

The Black Crowes

5

Face of America: Hawai`i Revisited

6

Jethro Tull

7 & 8

Gipsy Kings

9

Gretchen Wilson

10

B.B. King

11

Herbie Hancock

12

Los Lonely Boys & Los Lobos

13

George Thorogood & Buddy Guy

14

Smokey Robinson

15

The John Butler Trio
G. Love & Special Sauce

16

Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller & Victor Wooten

17

The Beach Boys

18

Backstreet Boys

19

Boston Pops Esplanade OrchestraBernstein: A Celebration!

20

Kenny Rogers & The Oak Ridge Boys

21

Chris Isaak

22

Eddie from Ohio & Great Big Sea

23

Tribute to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

24

The Irish Tenors

25

UB40

26

REGENERATION TOUR 2008

 29-9/7

Les Misérables

Alcina, Wolf Trap Opera Company 2008


Wolf Trap Opera Company
Performance Season

 
Opera performances take place at The Barns at Wolf Trap unless otherwise noted.

May 31

Happy Birthday to Two! Celebrating Bernstein & Bolcom Recital

June 13, 15, & 17

Verdi's King for a Day 

July 11, 13, & 15

Handel's Alcina 

July 15-19

Instant Opera! at Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods

July 19

Tales from the Vienna Woods Recital

August 15, 17, & 19

Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos 

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Sitting on the Lawn at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
The Lawn at Wolf Trap's Filene Center